"Seeds of Doubt" [1]
"An activist’s controversial crusade against genetically modified crops."
Source: New Yorker [2], 08/22/2014
"An activist’s controversial crusade against genetically modified crops."
"The Atlantic Ocean has masked global warming this century by soaking up vast amounts of heat from the atmosphere in a shift likely to reverse from around 2030 and spur fast temperature rises, scientists said."
"Coal ash from earlier environmental disaster is causing health concerns for poor African-American residents."
"The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors voted Thursday to retire the Allen Fossil Plant in Memphis, and a new, combined-cycle natural gas plant will be built nearby."
"An oil pipeline spill that contaminated a river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will take months to clean up, the country's top water authority said on Thursday."
"Nearly four decades after grizzly bears were declared threatened in the Lower 48 states, long-stalled efforts to bring the species back to Washington's North Cascades are rolling again."
"Michigan State University environmental toxicology professor Matt Zwiernik presented part two of the results from the 2013 dead bird collection in St. Louis to the Pine River Superfund Taskforce Wednesday. Zwiernik’s team monitored 60 active nests not only in the nine-block residential area surrounding the former Velsicol plant site but also 15 kilometers downstream. As was the case with the first batch of results, American robins eggs collected contained DDx levels far above those found to induce death in laboratory settings."
"Drilling-wary Maryland is one of several East Coast states considering whether to open their lands to fracking as public health concerns mount."
"The Western U.S. is getting higher and drier."
"The National Park Service has banned drones from flying over the Appalachian Trail."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/seeds-doubt
[2] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/seeds-of-doubt
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/atlantic-slows-warming-temp-rises-seen-resuming-2030-study
[4] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/72100
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/alabama-community-alleges-race-bias-over-toxic-landfill-site
[6] http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/22/pollution-alabama.html
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tva-announces-decision-retire-memphis-allen-fossil-plant
[8] http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2014/08/21/tva-announces-decision-about-memphis-allen-fossil.html
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-spill-fouled-mexican-river-will-take-months-clean
[10] http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/72102
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/feds-look-restoring-grizzly-bears-pacific-northwest
[12] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-mct-bc-env-grizzly-recovery-20140821-story.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/part-2-contamination-study-show-deadly-levels-st-louis-robins
[14] http://www.themorningsun.com/general-news/20140821/results-from-second-part-of-contamination-study-show-deadly-levels-in-st-louis-robins
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/maryland-fracking-study-cites-toxic-air-emissions-top-concern
[16] http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140821/maryland-fracking-study-cites-toxic-air-emissions-top-concern
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/elevation-western-us-rising-due-drought
[18] http://www.newsweek.com/western-us-rising-due-drought-266137
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/parks-service-bans-drones-over-appalachian-trail
[20] http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/08/20/us/ap-us-travel-brief-appalachian-trail-drone-ban.html?ref=news
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[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3273
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3274
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3277
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3278
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3279
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=3280
[30] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4951